The Right To Keep And Bear Arms

The Relationship Between Gun Control And Genocides

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Excerpts from
THE WAR ON GUN OWNERSHIP STILL GOES ON
as appearing in March 1994's Guns & Ammo magazine.
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LETHAL LAWS
Military rifles are society's "life preservers." Without them gun
control can ultimately lead to mass murder.
By Jay Simkin
The Down-Side of Gun Control
Advocates cannot see any harm in gun control, but it has a nasty
downside. Its victims number in the tens of millions. Its downside is
genocide: the mass-murder of civilians on account of religion,
language, or political views. Since 1900, at least seven major
genocides have occurred worldwide involving 50-60 million victims (see
table).
MAJOR 20th CENTURY GENOCIDES -- THE COST OF GUN-CONTROL
Date of
Perpetrator # Murdered Gun-Ctrl Source
Gov. Date Target (Estimated) Law Document
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Ottoman 1915-17 Armenians 1-1.5 Mil. 1866 Art. 166,
Turky Penal Code
Soviet 1929-53 Anti-Comm. 20 Million 1929 Art. 128,
Union Anti-Stal. Penal Code
Nazi 1933-45 Jews, 13 Million 1928 Law on Fire-
Germany Anti-Nazis, arms & Ammun.
& occupied Gypsies April 12,
Europe Weapons Law,
March 18
China 1948-52 Anti- 20 Million 1935 Arts. 186 & 7
Communists Penal Code.
1966- Pro-Reform
1976 Group
Guatemala 1960-81 Mayan 100,000 1871 Decree #36
Indians 1964 Decree #283
Uganda 1971-79 Christians, 300,000 1955 Firearms Ord.
Pol. Rivals 1970 Firearms Act
Cambodia 1975-79 Educated 1 Million 1956 Arts. 322-328,
Persons Penal Code
TOTAL VICTIMS: 55.9 MILLION
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(English translations of the original gun control laws responsible for
all this genocide are in the book, Lethal Laws, available from:
JPFO, Inc.,
2872 South Wentworth Ave
Milwaukee, WI 53207
$24.95 pp.
They also have many other items available, including side-by-side
comparisons of Nazi and U.S. gun control laws.)
The rest of this article deals with the relationship between gun
control and genocide in some detail. It's very enlightening. The
author cites many sources, and also shows:
* Government officials are the world's largest mass murderers.
* How we can prevent genocide in America -- and how it almost
happened HERE to 125,000 Americans in 1941-42.
* The government is NOT all-powerful: All law enforcement (including
military) in the US is only 1.1% of the population.
* Several cases where armed citizens have prevented genocide
(Afghanistan is one example).
* The Chicago Police Department report: from 1965 to 1992, there
were 21,204 gun murders -- Nine (9) were from bullets that might
have come from a military-type weapon!
Read the rest of this article in the March 1994 issue of Guns & Ammo.
The author has been researching this and writing about it for many
years.